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According to BBC News, Wales will seek to derail Norway’s recovery when the sides meet in Nations League Group A4 at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on Saturday, 14 November. The match starts at 17:00 GMT, with both teams still able to reach the quarter-finals but primarily focused on avoiding relegation from the top tier.
Norway are bottom of the group after taking one win from four games. They are level on three points with Wales, who sit third because of their head-to-head record. Wales beat Norway in Cardiff a month ago and are now attempting to become only the third team, after Portugal and world champions Spain, to win a competitive match in Oslo in the past three years.
Norway’s recent run contrasts with their previous form. They went unbeaten through 2025 and reached the World Cup quarter-finals, but have since lost three successive matches for the first time in a decade. With Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard and other leading players available, expectations remain high following World Cup qualification and a last-16 win over Brazil in New Jersey.
Wales head coach Craig Bellamy said his side welcome the challenge posed by Norway. “The way we look at it is this is the type of game we want to be playing in,” he said. Bellamy added that the contest could help Wales’ prospects of securing top seeding for Euro 2028 qualifying, saying: “So, for me, it’s fight fire with fire. I’m expecting them to really come with big intensity and it’s up to us to match it.”
Captain Ben Davies was part of the Wales defence that contained Haaland in the Cardiff victory. He described the striker as “a world-class player” and said Wales had worked hard and defended well. Snow was cleared from the Ullevaal pitch on Friday, while Norway also looked to repair their form in a fixture with major implications for both teams.
